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Data analytics: how banks can improve the customer journey beyond the basics
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 07/10/2016
» How often are you pestered by telemarketing callers trying to sell you credit cards or personal loans? When you visit the bank, how often do tellers offer you...
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Faster and cheaper international money transfers through blockchain
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 04/11/2016
» Let's face it: making international money transfers is a hassle. Whether you are paying suppliers abroad or wiring funds for your children's tuition, most of...
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How Blockchain will improve international trade
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 02/09/2016
» Many businesses have to deal with export and import transactions. Banks have long played an important role for corporations as well as small and medium enterprises...
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Social credit: How Fintech uses Facebook to give you a loan
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 05/08/2016
» In the digital age, who you know and what you post or share on Facebook, Instagram and the like could help you obtain a loan, even if you have no secure job or...
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Making sense of Thai liquidity
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 01/07/2016
» Given its vague definition, "liquidity" in the economic context is often used loosely by analysts and commentators. In our last article, we offered...
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How do MLR changes affect policy rates?
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 06/05/2016
» Yes, you read that headline right. This article is focused on the impact of changes made by commercial banks to their minimum lending rates (MLR) on the policy...
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Rethinking how to save for retirement
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 01/04/2016
» Thai society is ageing. Currently, around one person in five is older than 60 years. By 2040, the ratio will be one in three. This presents several concerns:...
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Don't let inventory upset your GDP forecast
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 05/02/2016
» In our previous article, we argued economists and analysts alike should pay more attention to an unassuming component of GDP -- inventory. We showed that despite...
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It takes time before sentiment can create an impact
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 04/03/2016
» The government has been aggressively driving the Thai economy, notably through public investment, which rose 30% last year compared with 2014. How big was that?...
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Don't overlook the 'trivial component' in GDP calculation
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 08/01/2016
» Anyone who has taken Economics 101 will be familiar with the equation Y=C+I+G+X-M. Simply put, gross domestic product (Y) is a combination of consumption plus...